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VPP Kiosk Error Details
When you associate VPP assets via users association there can be messages in the kiosk. Here is what these messages can mean: unavailable for this application's organization When the total available count of license is 0. Meaning you have no purchased licens...
DEP/ADE Forbidden Error
Description On creating an ADE (Formerlly known as DEP) Association or from any other ADE synchronisation action, the following error may be observed: DEP error: Forbidden The most likely causes are: Server SSL certificate change. Check Preferences > Mobi...
Windows Requirement Script Examples
Requirement scripts are executed on client devices with each tickle interval, 2 minutes by default, to check if the installation conditions outlined have been met. For example, it can used to verify if some file, registry key, service, or process is or is not ...
Windows Software Update Reporting
What Starting from FileWave version 14.7+ there is a better overview of updates that should be deployed to the Windows devices managed by FileWave so that you can easier identify possible risks and deploy needed patches. The number of missing updates is r...
Installing Windows Updates that are not able to be automatically packaged
What As a Windows administrator, you want to install some Windows Updates where FileWave reports that the item is missing, but it's not a security update where FileWave could automatically create a Fileset for that update. When/Why Since 14.7.0 of FileWave,...
Understanding and Utilizing the Windows Update Build Revision (UBR) Number
What The Update Build Revision (UBR) number is a unique identifier for individual updates in Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems. It allows IT administrators to track, monitor, and ensure that their devices are up-to-date with the latest security patc...
Adding A Printer for All Users (Windows)
The task at hand seems simple enough...install a printer for a Windows user for a printer on a Print Server. In our example, I'll use a print share called BigDill on a print server named Arkone. Easy, right? A quick web search for "powershell add printer" ta...
Storing the BitLocker volume keys using a Custom Field
Use a FileWave Custom Field to store the volume keys for your BitLocker volumes. This can be helpful if you don't have another way to escrow the volume keys. The Custom Field outlined in this article will get the volume key for every volume so if there is an e...
Deploy SSL Certificates (Windows)
Deploy SSL certificates to Windows "Trusted Root Certification Authorities" certificate store for use in secure services such as web content filters. Step-by-step guide Download, unzip, and import the following Fileset Template into FileWave Central - Wind...
Active Directory Join (Windows)
Description This Fileset is designed to bind Windows computers to a Directory structure. By associating this Fileset the binding process can be automated. Ingredients Active Directory domain Windows 10 or 11 filewave client FileWave Admin Directions ...
Firefox Configuration Recipe (Windows)
Description After installing Firefox, some configuration may be desirable, examples may include: Block auto updates Set home page Disable Mozilla First Run Pages Firefox DocumentationThe details of the Fileset are based upon: Firefox ConfigurationThis...
Microsoft Office Deployment (macOS)
What Deploying Microsoft Office for macOS with FileWave is the process of pushing out Microsoft Office for macOS software to a large number of macOS devices using FileWave's Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) tool. FileWave is a software management tool that a...
Firefox Configuration Recipe (macOS)
Description After installing Firefox, some configuration may be desirable, examples may include: Block auto updates Set home page Disable Mozilla First Run Pages Firefox DocumentationThe details of the Fileset are based upon: Firefox ConfigurationThis...
VPP Device Assignment
About Device Assignment With the release of FileWave version 10 and iOS 9 comes a new, simpler way to assign licenses for apps purchased through Apple's Volume Purchase Program (VPP). Unlike VPP's previous options, which employed codes or user assignments, yo...
iOS BYOD User Enrollment Overview
What With Version 14(+) of FileWave, you can now BYOD (bring-your-own-device) enroll a device without giving total management of the device to the system admin. When/Why Typically, this option works best if the device to be supported is not company owned. ...
Managing BYOD User Enrollment
What You have no doubt gotten used to managing supervised iOS devices, where you have the ability to manage most elements of the device. If you have previously had folks do a manual OTA enrollment, then you know you have less management of those devices than...
iOS BYOD and VPP License Assignment Change
What For a few years, device license assignment has been the preferred method for assigning licenses for managed iOS devices. But, with BYOD enrolled devices, licenses can't be assigned to the device... So FileWave have made some changes to how we handle th...
New Inventory Item -- Enrollment Type
What There are now several methods of enrolling devices into FileWave and a new inventory field has been created to record the enrollment method. When/Why This field can be helpful when assigning content to devices. The field in question is called Enrollme...